Executive Committee Minutes

February 11, 2003

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Larkin, President-Elect Fisher, Secretary S.Q. Williams, Treasurer: Kang

IFO Board Members: Foster, R. C. Johnson, A. Schoenberger

Unit Representatives: COB vacant, COE T. Peterson, FAH Kilborn, COSE McKenna, COSS Ore, SS C. Inkster

Negotiator: Langen

1. Call to order at 3: 15 p.m.

2. Minutes: (all previously approved at Senate)

3. Call for additional agenda items

6.c. Faculty Input procedure for the budget crisis

4. Presidents Report

5. Old (unfinished) Business

a. Hiring Manual-report given by Judy Foster

b. ITV and Continuing Education

Report, President Larkin: These courses are normally 20 students per class. If attendance is below 15 students the instructor’s salary is prorated and the faculty member is offered the opportunity not to teach the course. The ITV premium is one credit (teaching 3 but paid for 4).

c. CODE and Settlement Training

Report given by Theresia Fisher: There has been discussion to create a new committee for the judge’s orders in the settlement, but none has been created thus far.

6. New Business

a. Action Plan (not discussed)

b. ICPSR (International Consortium for Political and Social Research)

Report by Robert Johnson: Several faculty members have positioned the State University system requesting to be involved with this. MnSCU is questioning whether or not we should retain this contract. Are faculty on this campus interested? A recommendation will be sent to the Academic Affairs Committee for review( Jack McKenna, chair).

c. Faculty input procedure for the budget crisis

Motion that the Executive Committee does not want to resurrect the Renewal for Academic Excellence Committee (Schoenberger/Fisher)

Motion to substitute (Kang/Foster) passed

Substitute motion: That the Executive Committee prefers to have a University Budget Task Force with new members and new responsibilities instead of resurrecting the Renewal for Academic Excellence Committee (Kang/Foster) substituted

Motion to substitute (Johnson/Schoenberger) passed

Substitute motion: That the Executive Committee take a leadership role in identifying and soliciting from faculty criteria, procedure and standards for addressing the budget problem at SCSU. (Johnson/Schoenberger) passed

Ideas mentioned to carry out this motion:

1. Generating ideas identifying criteria, procedures and standards. Senators can go to their departments for these ideas.

2. Fashioning a statement including the above-mentioned ideas.

3. Delivering the statement to the Administration and monitoring the progress on the suggestions made by the faculty.

4.a. Meet and Confer agenda: Add new item #5 Creating a new department for a program (Ethnic Studies)

Motion to move into Executive Session (Fisher/Kang) passed

9. Adjourned at 5:15 p.m.